Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1889, Page 5

War Dnac Oor Amiserable exiatence when © few bottles of Ayers Sarsaperilla would certainly give ihe strength and energy you need? Thousandsare proving its virtues daily. So msy you Mra Alice West, of Jefferson, W. Va, writes: “I was all run down before I began to take Aver’s Sar- seperilla, but am now gaining in strength every day.” “Being very weak and despondent after a tong finesse, I tried Ayers Sarsspariila, and two bot- ‘Wes nave restored me to my former bealth."-- ‘Miss Blanche 5. Brownell, 4 Boylston Placa Boson AYER'S SARSAPARILLA, Prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co, Lowell, Mass Sold by all Druggists. Price, $1 ; six bottles, 95. WORTH @5 4 BOTTLE WONDERFUL CARL@BAD SPRINGS At the Ninth International Medical Congress, Dr. A. L.A Toboldt, of the University of Pennsylvania, read paper stating that out of thigty cases treated with the Genuine imported Powdered Carlsbad Sprude! Salt for ehronic constipation, hypochondria, disease of the liv- erand Kidneys, jsundica, adiposia, diabetes, dropsy @ammation of the stomach, ulcer of the stomach or spleen, childzen with marasmus, gout, rheumatism of the jointe, sravel, etc., twanty-six were entirely cured, threemuch improved, and one not treated loug enough. Average time of treatinent, four weeks. ‘The Carlsbad Sprudel Salt (powder form), is an ex- complexion, purifier the Blood. It is easily soluble, Diceoent to take and permanent inaction. ‘Thegenuine Product of the Carlsbed Springs is exported in round Dottles. Each Yettigcemes no ght PepNbiE Soom, and pat jay treet, New Ye Ste peer Waar: SCOTT'S EMULSION CURES CONSUMPTION. SOROFULA. BRONCHITIS} couGHS. COLDS. WASTING DISEASES. WONDERFUL FLESH PRODUCER, have gained one pound per day by its use. Bouts Enseicn tw not a secret remedy. 16 coo- tains the stimulating properties of the Hypophoe phites and pure Norwemian Cod Liver Oil, the po- tency of both beiug largely increased. It # used by Physicane all over the world. PALATABLE AS MILK. Sold by all Draggists. nlo SCOTT & BOWYE, Chemists, N. ¥. (OTHING CONTRIBUTES MORE TOWARDS A NOTE agence than the ‘use of the wenuine Angostura Bi:ters of Dr. J.G. B.Siegert & Sons. Ask your druswist Wau. H. McKsew. 933 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. CHILDREN'S COATS AT POPULAR PRICES. CHILDREN'S COATS AT POPULAR PRICES. CHILDREN’S COATS AT POPULAR PRICES. CHILDREN'S COATS aT POPULAR PRICES. CHILDREN’S COATS AT POPULAR PRICES. CHILDREN'S COATS AT CHILDREN’S COATS AT POPULAR PRICES. WM. B. McKNEW, Guccessor to B. H. Taylor), old 933 Penn. ave, T. B. Towser & Sos. DRY GOODS DEALERS, 1316 SEVENTH STREET NORTHWEST. Tnbleached Seeing ye wide, 18c. Fork Sule hed +, 26 yas. Sin ria tareapeesass Ontos. Oe 5 im all colors, 33e. All-wool Flanuel Suiting, double width, 26c. Velv 20c. Soca Botting for Quilts, 10c. Ib; extre good, *il'woot Fiannel Suiting, 1% yarle wide, 50c. Gasstwere for Siew's and Boys’ Suite _Afull assortment of Plaids and Stripes in Dress Knotted Fringe ‘Towels, an extra bargain, 20. i , Gent's and Children's Under- lect Twilled Flannel, 20c. Table Linen, Bed Ticking, &e. ‘ottod, 4c. ool DYSPEPSIA AND taking one rr. too beeapaneine keke once by Of Carver's Little Liver Pilla immediately af Artextios, Srortsues. Great Barvains in Breech-l. tastes’ 30 per cent discomut ou al eraden ocl@-lwe MERICAN ICE Cu.. ‘Successor to WILLIS" ICE CO. AND PENOBSCOT RIVER ICE CO. Ofice: 10th aud F sts. uw, Ice and Coal. Orders . Depot Telephane, 499-2; Office Tel- by Hed Wequpe one, 1! — b E. M. WILLIS, aul5-3m Washington Manager. No Fiaw Ix Tas Tue ALL WORK DONE AT MY STUDIO IS “THE BEST” THAT ARTISTIC TALENT CAN PRODUCE. ‘Those who shall see it to ravor me with their Orders will Bod that there is “NO FLAW IN THE TITLE.” PREE-HAND CRAYON PORTRAITS, $10.00 TO $75.00. Weekly or Monthly Payments if desired. B. B. SMITH, Corner 6th at. and Mass. ave. nw. oc0--2w* ABT AND STATIONERY COMPANY, S89 15TH STREET (CORCORAN BUILDING), IMPORTERS. Puntings, Water Colors, Etchings, Engravings, &¢ Lstect Publications, Hare Prints. Artistic Picture Pramung in Gold or Hard Woods. Kegilding of Old Frames and Restoring of Paintings S specialty. FINE STATIONERY AND CARD ENGRAVING. Craxrer se FA erty Comprising WILTONS, MOUQUETTS, ROYAL VEL~ Vers, Book “BRUSSE TAPESTRIES SMYRNA, WILTON aud VELVET CARPETS, from bg Fy! 14 feet, im chotce Patteris. KUGS and MATS, CURTAINS and DRAPERIES in reat variety, stim" __ MOOK BHO. & CO., 1:28 F wt. 00 oo oo oo HOH HoH sc. HAH Pure all Havana Filer! sumatrs <1 Delietous bake! Fresruut (xior! Bales LOedtuis Bovewehe id every were oy WEVER Fa. To OURE SICK HEADACHE, VIL. Be FOUND AN eg roo oy 4 a3 Aor (sie Gem pein ee ee es ‘Wsove tas fact THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C, MonDay, OCTOBER 21, 1889. 2d EDITION. Last oan oh Sr “OVER THERE.’ American Counterfeiters in Russia—The Great Wedding—Telephoning in Austria, St. Perznspurc, Oct. 21.—The police at Odessa late Saturday night arrested two men, said to be Americans, charged with circulating large amounts of forged 25 rouble‘bills of the bank of Russia. Two packages pur} to be bales of cotton cloth arrived from New York last week consigned to one of these men, and on examination by the customs officers they were found to contain nearly s million roubles in these counterfeit bills. To avert suspicion from themselves they circulated none of the stuff in Odessa, but St. Petersburg and Mosew and other large cities have been flooded with ft for three months. The counterteit, which is undoubtedly of American manufacture, is so perfect that it passes from hand to hand with- out question and everywhere except at the counter of the bank of Russia appears to an- swer every purpose of the genuine bills. . Grand Nicholas, uncle of the czar, is dying from a cancerous affection of the ear. A LON@ TELEPHONE CIRCUIT. Lowpor, Oct. 21.—What is undoubtedly the longest telephone circuit on the continent was opened to the public yesterday. The line is from Vienna in Austria to Leipsic and every word could be perfectly understood and the voice pends The distance is something Jess than 300 miles by rail, but the telephone wires, instead of being carried along the routes of the railways, where the noise of 4 trains was found to interfere ma’ ly with the working of the long-distance instruments, are along the hways, where the re- sults are found to be much better. The actual distance is nearly 350 miles. A strange fact has been noticed in connection with this route. While the spoaker at Vienna is heard with re- markable clearness and accuracy at Laipsic and At all points along the route, as at Prague and Dresden, a speaker at either of these points is heard with much more difficulty at Vienna. The electricians of the company are as yet un- able to furnish a satisfactory explanation of this phenomenon. Why sounds traveling from t to west should be clear and distinct while ose traveling in the other direction are more | or less blurred remains a puzzle. THE WEDDING AT ATHENS. Aruzys, Oct, 21.—Ex-Empress Frederick, accompanied by her daughters, including Princess Sophie, the fiance of the crown prince of Greece, will arrive at Corinth on the steamer Imperatrix Thursday evening. They willspend ‘Thursday night on the steamer and on Friday will cross the Isthmus of Corinth to Kalamaki, where they will embark on the war ship Am- phitrite, proceeding on her through the Bay of Salamis to the Piraeus, the port of Athens. A fleet of Greek war vessels will escort the Am- phitrite from Kalamaki to the Piraens, POOR COTTON CROP IN EGYPT. Carmo, Oct. 21.—The second Egyptian cotton crop is being gathered. The yield is poor and wil not exoeel the eatimatos already made, MINE EXPLOSION. Sixteen Men Badiy Hurt and Several : Fatally. Fort Surrz, Anx., Oct. 21.—A disastrous ox- plosion occurred Saturday in a coal mine at Bryant Switch, 5 miles south of here, in the Choctaw Nation, A miner's lamp came in con- tact with keg of powder. The explosion of the powder caused an explosion of coal dust,which set the mine on fire. Stxteen men were in the mine, the shaft of which is 500 feetdeep. The work of rescuing the unfortunates was com- pleted at about dark last evening. All of them were taken out more or less injured. Four were horribly burned, and, at last accounts, were not expected to recover. eee A JURY TODAY. The Twelfth Peer in the Cronin Trial Probably Chosen. Cutcaco, Oct. 21.—The search for a jury in the Cronin case was resumed this morning, and when the adjournment for lunch was taken it looked as if the completion of the jury was nearathand. It was not quite time for the usual recess, but it was taken at the request of counsel for the state, who desired time to con- sult in rey to the acceptance or rejection of the twelfth man a NEWSPAPER MEN ARRESTED. James J. West and Charles E. Graham Indicted. Catcaco, Oct. 21.—The grand jury this morn- ing considered the case of James J. West and Charles E. Graham, held by Justice Braham on a charge of fraudulently over issnin, stock of the Chicago Times company, ani found an indictment against them. The indictment wag returned to Judge Baker at noon and capiases issued for the arrest of West and Graham, who are out on bonds of $5,000 each, —_———.— THE PAN-AMERICANS IN CHICAGO. Now They Begin to See Something They Cau Wonder at. Cuicaco, Oct. 21.—The international excur- sionists began another week of sight-sceing considerably refreshed by their Sunday of rest. The party visited the McCormick reaper works, the largest of their kind in the word From this point they were taken to the stock 1 o'clock the excursionists were again taken aboard their train and proceeded to Pullman. ccecnigiacaaiete Arrested While Shaking Hands. Inox Moustars. Micu., Oct. 21. — William Jeffrey and Hart Caddy, two well-known ath- letes, were advertised for a Cornish wrestling match Saturday Ls aoe at Rundle's opera house. As the men shook hands before the first hitch Sheriff Foby of Bessemer arrested them on the charge of having committed a recent burg- lary at Ironwood. arrest created a great sensation. —__.———— From Wall Street Today. New York, Oct. 21.—The opening of the stock market this morning was heavy to weak and the declines from Saturday's closing figures were from }<to \ per cent, while the only marked exception was Rock Island, which was up }¢ at 98. ided weakness was de- veloped in the early . however, and material losses were sus! in all the active stocks, which comprised less than a dozen stocks, , among which the two trusts, St Paul, Lackawanna, ing, Atchi- son, Burlington and New land were most conspicuous in ‘Jo of vity. Among the ly active ‘ks Lackawanna and Rock Island showed most weakness, the former at 140%( being down 1%, and the latter at 9636 134 per cent. Chicago gae led the stocks of the regular list, however, and it dropped 1%( tos. Si refineries declined 25g to 65¢ and cotton oil 1}¢ to 42%. The losses im the others were were to fractions, but after a rally the weak- ness was renewed and Atchison and Reading became more prominent in the decline. At 11 o'clock the market was fairly active and weak at about the lowest prices reached. —_— A Steamer Ashore Baxrmwore, Oct. 21.—The British steamer Lero, Capt. Chisholm, which sailed for Rotter- dam on Saturday, ran ashore this morning in the geo 1 above ae yee cause si gear breaking. She will have to be ightored. Washington Witnesses in Minneapolis. Mosxearonm, Oct. 21.—The trial of J. Frank Collom, the young attorney of this city charged with having forged the name of John T. Blais- dell for about $227,000, will in in the dis- trict court this morning before Judge Hooker. | Some of the most distinguished forgery ex- ' perts in the United States them are Dr. RB. U. Pifer D.C, who testified divoree case, D. M. Albert Southworth | Chi The witness for the GGton'in DT, Ames Sf New Tork. editee Ponman's Journal. SAFETY LIGHTS AT SEA. Proceedings of the Maritime Confer- ence Today. DISCUSSING “RULES OF THE ROAD” AND LIGHTS ON VESSELS—THE FIRST DEFINITE YOTE—TWO COMMITTEES APPOINTED—SCENES AND I¥CI- DENTS AT THE WALLACH HOUSE, The International maritime conference re- sumed work this morning at 11 o'clock in the long parlors of the Wallach building, at the corner of 18th and I streets. The delegates arrived singly, in pairs, in threes, in groups, and seattered themselves all over the building with more familiarity than before. Ona large table in an outer room lay a vast number of letters anda few papers addressed to dele- gates from all over the world. These were the objects of much careful scrutiny by each new comer, who handled the entire pile until his own name met his eye. In the coun- cil room the delegates were ranging themselves around the long table chatting, writing, think- ing, A colored messenger went around the table and placed a copy of Wednesday's proto- colon each delegate’s chair, This document was printed on a long blue sheet punched with two holes on the left-hand edge and comprised the relation of the formal meeting on Wednes- day, the presentation and the speeches, OPENING PROCEEDINGS. Admiral Franklin tapped on the table with his little gavel at exactly 11 o'clock, but there were then some vacant seats and there was a Les ee of confusion when delegates were ent ig the room and shuffling around among the chairs, Mr. Goodrich was among the late comers and Mr. Hall did not enter the council room until about 11:15. As soon as had fin- ished bowing around the table and had taken his seat the president announced that the first business of the session would be the reading of the protocol of the 16th. whereupon Lieut. Cottman read the docu- ment, each delegate following him with the copy they found in their chairs, COMMITTEES ANNOUNCED. The president announced the committees on lights and sound signal, where were provided for on Thursday, as follows: Committee on lights—Capt. E. Richard, France; Capt. A. Mensing, Germany; Capt. Henry ‘Wyatt, England; Vice Admiral Kazna- Koff, “Russia;' Lieut. Baldemero Vega, Spain; Mr. Frederick Malmberg, Sweden, and Capt. Norcross, United States, Committee on sound signals—Rear Admiral Spann. Austria; Mr. Schneider, Denmark; Ad- miral George England; Capt, Setlene- brini, Italy; Capt. Selvesen, Norway; Capt, Van Steyn, The Netherlands, and Capt. Shackford, United States, These committees are to prepare all available literature on the subject of lights and sound signals in such shape that it can be easily di- gested by the conference. LIGHTS FOR OPEN BOATS AND FISHING VESSELS. The consideration of the “Rules of the Road” was then continued. Article 10, bearing on the subject of lights for open boats and fishing | Yessels, was first taken up, and Mr. Hall of England reminded the conference that thero was a European conference either now in ses- sion or soon to be on this very topic. He thought that it would be a waste of time for the conference, overladen already, to take up 4 work that will be done for it by another body. DB, SIEVE-KING'S AMENDMENTS. Dr. Sieve-King of Germany presented some minor amendments for future consideration. In supporting his proposition, which in effect reduced the lights to be carriod by small fish- ing vessels or other open boats toa minimum of one white light, he made a short speech, to which Mr, Hall replied in a most considerate manner. He went onto say that he thought steam launches ought to have distinctive lights on account of the extremely rapid rate at which they run. In these days of invention it would soon be necessury to prescribe distinct- ive neat for naptha launches, hydraulic power vessels, and other unusual forms of naval pro- pulsion. Mr. Goodrich thought this a good time to call attention to the rapidly-growing necessity of J MORE POWERFUL LIGHTS FOR THE SWIFT VESSELS that now frequent the ocean. Whereas a few years ago a steamer overtook a sailer at the rate of one mile in three minutes the rate was now one mile in a minute anda half. He there- fore thought that the power of lights should bo led to the rate of speed of vessels, le reminded the conference, however, that it was most desirable to make the rules just as few as posible. If they were added to and in- creased in number, giving every class of vessel a distinctive light, the ‘‘sailor-man,” for whose guidance they were intended, would be bewil- ered beyond the power of memory by their multiplicity. WRITE RANGE LIGHTS. Capt. Sampson offered « resolution in order to test the opinion of the conference to the effect that white range lights be substituted for the colored range lights now in use, or that they be used in conjunction with them. Mr. Hall wanted time to consider this sub- ject and suggested that the test be applied in the form of another resolution, Mr. Goodrich thereupon presented as a sub- stituted for Capt. Sampson's resolution another to the effect that in the opinion of the confer- ence it is not desirable to change the use of the present mast head or colored lights. THE FIRST DEFINITE VOTE. This resolution, Capt. Sampson withdrawing his, was unanimously adopted. This was the first definite vote taken by the conference. Mr. Goodrich suggested the consideration of another resolution defining the terms “star- board the helm” and ‘port the helm.” ‘The | former, he moved, should mean that the wheel or tiller, the rudder and the bow of the vessel, shall be pointed to the starboard, and Yee versa for the other term. Mr. Hall remarked that there is a place in the rules of the road where such a definition could properly be inserted, and at his sugges- tion the resolution was tabled. At lo’clock the usual recess of an hour was taken, Side Lights. Dr. Sieve-King, the head of the German dele- gation, sits next to Mr. Hall of Great Britain at the end of the council table. He is quite a striking figure, tall, rather spare and very dig- nified. He comes naturally by a judicial bear- ing, for he is at present the president of the supreme court at Hamburg. This court deals largely with nautical cases, and it is his close association with such matters that en- titles him to a position Soexeeponarne to those of Messrs. Goodrich and Hall, the talking delegates. His spare form is surmounted by a rather small, well-shaped head, well dusted by time, and his face is adorned with a pair of grayish-brown side whiskers and a mustache. A pair of melan- choly eyes of a light hue, an aquiline nose aud a well-turned kindly chin give him a gentle ap- pearance, which is aided by his voice, rich toned and deep. He uses the best of English, the only difficulty which he seems to encounter being with the fetter “r,” which his teutomec tongue constantly turns outs ‘“w.” He does not say quite as much as either Mr. Hall or Mr. Goodrich, but he has aiready secured a place in the minds of the delegates as a powerful factor in the conference. He presents nearly allof Germany's amendments and advances some of her arguments, but in the latter duty he is well seconded by Capt. Mensing of the German navy, whose English 1s equally pure as Dr, Sieve-King’s. He is more material, less etherial, more nautical, less legal than his coi- league and his large round countenance is al- most covered by « large brown beard and an extensive mustache. ‘he beard is clipped to asquareend and wags vigorously when he talks, which he does at quite frequent inter- vals, Mr. Downie, the French-English stenog- rapher who was on duty Friday, reappeared at the head of the table this morning and, served during the day. tee Decided Against the District, In the United States Supreme Court today the case of the Metropolitan railroad company against the District was decided in favor of the railroad company, the decision of the supremo court of the district against the railroad com- pany being reversed. The case involved more than $100,000. a DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. LIQUOR SALOONS IN ALLEYS, Commissioners received through Sin Moore a recomme from Lieut, uesting the isane liquor licenses alleys ia the sixth that be approved. to Kelly's ordered the erection The Commissioners have of four gas lampe at Mintwood place, RMONS IN ARIZONA. What Gov. Wolfley Says of Their Tac- tics—Holding the Balance of Power. The governor of Arizona, Lewis Wolfley, re- ports to the Secretary of the Interior at some length upon the affairs of that territory during the past year. He refers to the repeal by the legislature of the law disenfranchising all who Practiced, taught or encouraged polygamy, and urges that Congress repeal the repealing act and re-establish this law. He states that politically the Mormons seem to have adopted the plan of sending colonies in ‘‘stakes” to the surrounding territories in sufficieht numbers to form a balance of power between the two po- litical parties, They are willing, he says, to trade with either party, but remain true only 80 long as the interests of the church are best served. The Mormons in the ;territory num- ber 8,000. FINANCES OF THE TERRITORY. The reports state that the total tazable property of the territory is $26,575,692, and total territorial indebtedness, $752,000. The total territorial, county and city indebtedness is about 22,902,910. The average interest paid is about 8 percent, ‘The governor thinks that if Congress would allow the territory to issue long-time bonds, say fifty years, that the in- terest need not exceed 5 percent, The terri- tory needs, the report says, two lines of north and south railroads to connect with the two east and west transcontinental railroads. The Virginia Coupon Cases Postponed. A number of cases presenting another phase of the legal controversy which has been going on fora long time over the Virginia tax cou- pons were set down for argument in the U.S. Supreme Court today, but when the cases were ‘reached on the docket the chief justice an- nounced that their hearing would be postponed until there was a full bench. ALEXANDRIA, Reported for Tur. Evenrxe Star. Corroration Court.—The corporation court, Judge Norton, is now occupied exclusively with civil business, In the suit of the Danville rail- road company against George Campbell & Co., Jate proprietor of the Bank mills here, judg- ment was given for the plaintiff, the amount to be paid by Smoot & Sons, garnishees. In San- dere & Stayman against Robert L. Adams the jury gavea verdict forthe defendant. The commissioner's report in the case of S. O. Black- lock against W. C. Blacklock was confirmed and a final decree made. The corporation eourt re- sumed itssitting this morning and has been occupied with the case of Boyd againt Eich- burg not yet concluded.—Judge Hughes in his decision of the endless chain dredge case holds that the United States court ot Virginia bas jurisdiction on the Potomac in Washington harbor. Nores.—S, R. Grimes has been relieved from caputation tax on account of disability.—— When the gambling cases ware prosecuted last July George Ford was sent to jail, unable to pay his fine, but he was discharged Saturday, ——W. H. Stiffy of the Midland road has had one of his hands badly hurt while coupling cars.—cContinued watch is held at the wharves here for the body of Belle Brown, but there is a general belief that the young lady passed here on the railroad, and that no body will be found in the river.— Several thousand Washingtonians paid visits to this city yester- day.—A number of candidates were baptized by immersion at the Washington-street tist church yesterday.—Mr, Pullman, one of the Fairfax justices, is about to enter suit against the Washington and Alexandria railroad com- pany to secure damages on account of breaking is buggy last week against a post crected on the Washington turnpike by the railroad com- pany.——T'he German building association trustees have sold @ house and lot on the south- west corner of Columbus and Gibbons atreeta, formerly occupied by Mr, F. Davis, for 3780 to Jane MeCuen. The lot is 18 by 118 feet and improved by a two-story frame house, but ison the outskirts, where the streets are unpaved. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL The New York Stock Market. The following are the opening and cl Prices | whe ‘New ‘York’ Stock Market, a Toe win ‘and ey, L41y F stro. roar vie) 7 Gon, Gas: | 0% onerit?Wre x1200 "100 1st Poe Mae) Soi it. Put fenites 9" 100 dota N.Y. so bade Washington Stock Excharf&e. Following are today's quotations at close of regular call: Goverument Bonds—U. 8, 4, 1891, registered, 10536 bid, 106% asked. U. S. 438, 1891, coupon, 10846 ae ee asked, 3S registered, U7, 126% bis e auke - ds, cou by 1907, 126% bid, 1273, asked, ial District of Columtia Bonds—Por imp. 6s, 1891, coin, 105 bid, 106 asked. Perimp.7s,1891,currency, 106 bid, 105asked. Market stock 7s, 1892, cur- gold, 10536 rency, bid. 20-year fund 6s, 1898, bid. 20-year fund 5s, 1898, gold, 112 bid, 118 asked, Water stock, 78, 1901, currency, 129 bia. 1902, coin, 123 bid, 129 asked. 1903, currency,’ 130 bid. 36hs, 1024, fund, currency, 1223 bid. Miscellaneous Bonds—U. S. Electric Light bonds, Ist 6s, 100 bid, 105 asked. U. 8. Electric Light bonds, 246s, 98 bid. Washington and George- town Railroad, 10-40 6s, i063) bid, 108 asked. Washington and Georgetown Convertible bonds. 6s, 130 bid. | Masonic Hall Association 5s, 1398, 108 bid, 112esked. Washington Marketcompany Ist mortgage, 63, 110 bid. Washington Market company Donde, imp. Gs, 123 bid, 126 asked. Inland and Seaboard Company, 6a, 1897, 70 asked,” Washington Light Infantry first mort. Fage bonds, Gs, 1404, 101 bid. Washington Light infantry bonds, 24 78, 1904, 85 bid. Washington Gas Light Company bonds, series A, 6s, 123 bid, 126 asked. Washington Gas Light Com- pany bonds, series B, 3. 124 bid, 12634 asked. National Bauk Stocks — Bank of Washi 450 bid. Bank of Kepublic, bid, 285 asked. Metropolitan, 260 bid, 275 asked. Central, 230 bid. Second. 176 bid. Farmers and Mechanics, 190 bid, 200 asked. Citizens, 136 bid. Columbia, 1603 bid. Capital, 104% bid. dene ilroad Stocks — Washington an: town, 243 bid, 255 asked. Metropolitan. 130 bid, 1403 asked. Columbia, 48 bid, 58 asked. Capi- tol and North O Street, 47 bid, 50 asked. Insurance Stocks—Firemens, 42 Franklin, 60} bid. | Metropolitan.’ 80 bid 100 asked. fational Union, 20% bid, 214 asked. Arlington, 170 bid. Corcoran, 62 bid. Columbia, 16 "bid, 17 asked. rman- American, 180 did. " Potomac, 92% bid, 100 asked. Riggs, 8 bid, 8% asked. ‘Peoples, 4% bid, 5 asked. ‘Title Insurance Stocks—Real Estate Title, 124 bid, 130 asked. Columbia Title, 7 bid, 7% asked. Gas and Electric Light Stocks—Ws mn Gas, 40% bid, 42 asked. Georgetown Gas, 48 bid. U, 'S. Electric Light, 96 asked. ‘Telephone Stocks — Pennaylvania, 23 Chesapeake and Potomac, 87% bid, 86% asked. American Graphophone Company, 13% id, 18% as. iked. Miscellaneous Stocks—Washington Mark pany, 18 bid, 19, aeked. Washington Brick Ma- chine Company, 280 bid. Great pany, 190 bid, 202 asked. Bull Kun 24 bid, 30 aaked. | National Safe Depoalt Com: pany, 2 oumatic Gun Carriage, 1g asked. es Baltimore Markets, BALTIMORE. Oct. 21.—Cotton quiet—middlin, 104. Flour, dull; shaping easier. Wheat—sout ern dull; shipping grades lower; Fults, 78a87; Longberry, 80a87: No. 2, 82; steamer, No. 2 red, 77%; western weak and lower; No, 2 winter red, spot, SOYAsO'¥; October, BOYa80%; December. 81\a81%; January, 82 a83; See sound Corp—southern olii frm; white, 41a45, yellow, 40a 41; new hominy white sold juiet and easy; mix spot, 240, October, 39wa 30K; November, 394 039: > 3839; January, Seis. Oats tem higher southern ‘and Penn- syivania, 2 3 2H ARBs; Weat- ern mixed, 24a2 j graded No. 2 "white, Rye steady—prime to choice, 55057. Hay di Butter fr dicen packed, 10a oll, 14 utter firm—western 5 best roll, 1¢ als; creamery, 2325. steady—near by, 21 wheat. barrels; i wheat, 12,000 uakeise ‘corn, 17,006 coset Sales — wheat, 135,000 Deshelss cles, BALTIMORE, Oct. 21.—Baltimore stock, Hevwera Central stock, Ceres Xs bid, REERATED PENSION CASES. Ex-Commissioner Tanner Gives Seve eral Documents Out for Publication. THE REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATING ComMinsION —MORE SORAPS OF NOBLE-TANNER cORRE- SPONDENCE—A STATEMENT FLATLY corrRa- DICTED BY GEN. POWELL. Ex-Commissioner Tanner made public last night @ copy of the report of the special com- mittee appointed by Secretary Noble to inves- tigate the pension office. It presents a tabu- lated statement showing the total number of Pension cases rerated from and including De- cember, 1888, to July, 1889, There was a sub- stantial increase, the report says, from month to month, indicative of what is apparently an established policy of the bureau, and the result of which, if continued, will be to readjudicate and rerate a large percentage of the cases filed, “It becomes a) ”. the says, one fer as Pegler ection pret wiad ere Was not, nel speaking, a difference between ¢ the iples which erned reratings in December, 1888, and those which governed in May, 1889.” The report reviews at length the action of the office in the rerating cases and thus sum- THR CONCLUSIONS THEY BEACH: “While the rule purports to be that which calls for the correction of a palpable error by reason of which manifest injustice has been done, such rule has not, as matter of fact, been followed in any proper sense or use of the term ‘palpable error’ or ‘manifest injustice,’ the actual practice being the rerat of pensions on the ju: ent of today cota et ears me bat! e claims were deliberately and offi- “the! practice ie ju practice of r ing pensions in cases the papers in which do not diatiove an error in Lor tei booed Mopcoe men gays moa patent, manifest , thus leaving as the real basis for the =e ® mere opinion ou the weight of the evidence as now viewed, and allo that opinion to annul and change aformer adjudication based on the aame evi- dence, is violative of the spirit if not the letter of the law as contained in section 469834 of the Revised Statutes; and, even if this were not 80, is inconsistent with good practice byes contrary to well-established rules of evi- lence. “The practice of taking cases out of their order and making them forty-eight hour cases— that is, directing that they be finally adjudi- cated within forty-eight houra—is especially mischievous, in that it is apt to be construed as the equivalent of an order to allow, and be- cause it mays for want of sufficient time, pre- Yent the deliberate and proper consideration which the case to which it “The decisions of the always followed by the pension office, as they should be, in points of law and practice. A rule of practice furnished by a departmental decision should be recognized and followed by the pension office so long as it is not overruled or modified by the authority which made it, and a construction or interpretation of law by the department should be accepted by the pen- sion office as binding and as applicable, not only in the case in which it is mate but in all cases involving the same legal — “Asa result of the investigation the board mak number of recommendations, with a the correction of errors which have applies should have. ent are not view crept into the practice through lax methods which are found to be prevail in the pension Corporal Tanner also makes public the letter to Secretary Noble to which the Secretary's letter of July 24, patiebed in part Saturday, was a reply, er with another letter and @ statement of the ex-commissioner's side of the case. The first letter relates to the QUESTION OF AUTHORITY YOR RERATING CASES. It is sharp in tone and explains the vigor of Mr. Noble's reply. In it Commissioner Tanner said that he did ‘not propose to have an hon- orable lifetime smirohed in the slightest de- gree at this period of my existence, and woes I ney _ pre beg reasons for be- ievin, ve been im; 4] id minolta Sut stad ie ct muation mi ie parties concerned.” H said he had made s ocmapariogs between the action of his r ager and =e — in rerat- ing cases and ‘+ it entirely favorable to this administration.” Further he says: “It is ang that I should state that when I took of- e as commissioner I found that on the ques- tion of rerating the office was and had n since March 23, 1886, rerating in accordance | ay & decision rendered on that date by the lon, George A. Jenks, then assistant secretary of the Interior, who, in the case of Charles A. Watson, in broad terms declared that if, in act py case adjudicated under the “ on gl 1879, the ns end . pension were not as according 6 pension- er'’s cons, — section 469835 nor any other i f the In hii & rendjudication ot “tho caso, Pee” TANNER AND TIE INVESTIGATION COMMISSION. In a statement Mr. Tanner then relates the circumstances preceding the appointment of the committee to investigate the rerated cases, and which led up to it, and say: “On the 28th of July came notice tome of the fact that the committee of investigation had been constituted. When they appeared a day or two after I instructed the ‘chier. clerk to Place the office and all it contained at their ieposal if they desired it, That terminated my association with the committee of investi- gation right at the commencement of its ex- istence. Ihadno word from them; I was not asked to explain anything; I was not offered the slightest opportunity to defend any action Thadtaken. It was a star chamber roceeding to the uttermost degree. In fact, the only in- formation I had about the result of their oper- ations was when the honorable Secrslary himself, one day when I was in his office, asked mo if I knew what the commission said about operations of the pension Hethaooy aes id — Re had not been flavored in respect e slightest degree. He replied that they said I peyote more jensions and paid ut more money in the same ime than my dist ed predecessor did. I replied that l hoped to God that chai a was true on the record, for I had plastered Indiana with promises last fall, that that should be the fact if Gen, Harrison came into power as President, I never saw the ae of the com- mittee of investigation until the afternoon of the day Ir when I found it on the table in the White and was there told by the re that the rt hao pan igre the slightert. degree reflected upon my int or impeached honesty of my action as pe llaBle eg = THE POWELL case. He also refers to the Powell case, rerated be- fore he took office, and asserts that Secretary Noble in this case set example for all the rest. TANNER TO THE SECRETARY, In 8 “personal” letter, dated August 5, Mr. Tanner says to the Secretary: “I believe that you and I are fully actuated by motives which are imbedded only in a desire for and successful administration of Pood ‘ft duties which are confided to our care. Some- how or other we_ have drifted apart, deeply to my regret, and, I ballors: to. yours. I believe the = has been too com- munication, Idesire to say—am irresistib! compelled to say—this rea that whet ee Fe i i eS H sf F i i i sl et 8 i dit § F 5 § j £ id F WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. Navat Parmastens’ Czas George W. Van retary of the Treasury today made the follow- ing appointments in the internal revenue serv- ice: Thos, C. Anderson, gauger, sixth Virginia; ©. gauger, fourth do. do.; John ulgated the question lt ay is of some q its decision depends the made by the Atlantic and Southern Pacific road. jons Pacific road and the tions approved. The cision, but afterwards recalled it and it is now ‘upon his desk and bas never been promulgated. Reducing Treasury Expenses. Namerous applications have been made to the Secretary of the Treasury for the position of inspector of foreign vessels at the different ports in the United States, and upon examina- tion of the subject the Secretary has found that the controlling reason in most instances for the — = secure Peay places — vor — amount of work inspectors have ha form. Several of these places have for a d swig ber of years past been ures, as not more than ten or a dozen foreign vessels would in a | Year take advantage of the law their examination by officers of States government, The Secretary has, there- fore, decided, in the interest of economy and good istration, to dispense altogether with the services of the inspectors of foreign vessels ermitting at Philadelphia, New Orleans and San Fran-/| cisco, and to have whatelight duties they would be called upon to do performed by the local in- spectors. The salary of the foreign inspectors who have been dropped is #2,000 per year each: Assault Cases in the Police Court. Frank E@wards, a small colored boy, was | charged with assaulting a little girl and an old woman by striking each with a stone. He was fined $5. Robert Robinson was charged with an assault on George Johnson and fined $5. C. H. Hughes, colored, for an assault and battery on Green, was sentenced to a fine of $10 or thirty days in jail. A sient The Death Record, During the twenty-four hours ending at noon today deaths were reported to the health office as follows: White—Horace G. Proctor, 1 year; Henry W. Saulsbury, 56 years; Daniel Shea- han, 4 years; Ada G. Decker, 23 years; James D, Sheehan, 4 months; Edward Wyless, 28 years; Richard R. Marcey, 49 years; Byron Edmonston, 2 years; Christian Lindner, 43 years; Eva Hoffam, 3 years; | Ambrose Moran, 4 days; Burnara Weigan, 4 months; Mary A. Mattingly, 42 years; John H. Chesley, 28 years. Colored—Kattie Edler, 96 years; Sadie Young, 8 years; Louisa Hawkins, 1 year; Clarence Gordon. 1 year; Lillie P. Smith, 1 year; George Washington. 60 years; Chas. B. Steptoe, 39 years; Elsie Smallw 1 year; Joseph Clark, 7 months; Benjamin Toili~ ver, 1 year; Elicta Slaughter, years. A Missionary Convention. The second annual meeting of the woman's home missionary society of the Baltimore M. E. conference will be held tomorrow at Foundry church. The present officers are: Mra. Bishop Hurst, president; Mrs. Senator Teller, vice president; Mrs. G. W. F. Swartzell, recording secret ; Mre. C. L. Roach, corresponding sec- retary; Mrs. J. ©. Tasker, treasurer. At the opening session tomorrow mornin Mrs, C. W. Baldwin will lead the devotion: exercises and Rev. Geo. Elliott will deliver the address of welcome. foliows: Washington district, Mrs. B. F. Leigh- ton; Grace church, Mre. D. W. Crowl; Mt Vernon Place, Mrs. J. R. Richardson; Straw- bridge, Mrs. E. G. jan; Madison Avenue, Mrs. J. Weisel; [jamsville, Miss M. Addison. At the afternoon session Mrs. Wm. burris will of | Conduct devotional exercises. A memoir of Mrs. Eivina M. Myers will be read by Miss E. G. Logan, and a memoir of Miss Lucy Webb Hayes by Mra. Clara L. Roach. Mrs. Dora Hatcher will also deliver an address. At the evening session Bishop Hurst will preside. An address on city mission work will be delivered Wvork of “woman's b ; a woman's home missio1 society and deaconess work" by Miss Jane M. Bancroft, Ph, D., of New York. nies The Late Judge J. W. Wright. Ashort funeral service over the remains of Judge J. W. Wright, whose death has been mentioned in Tux Star, was held on Saturday, October 12, at Berkeley Springs, Va., after which the body was taken to Logansport, Ind., for interment. Rev. Dr. Ramsdell of this city conducted the service. Judge Wright was well known in Washington, having resided for many years at the corner of 11th and M streets. He was born at Lancaster, Ohio, in October, 1811. He graduated from the Ohio university in 1832, after which be prac- ticed law in Logansport, Ind. He established an extensive practice and was elected ator and later judge. He served in the latter position for five years, when he retired from the bench, becoming interested inthe new rajlroad systems. In 1853 he was elected mayor of Logansport, He was elected to the legislature in 1858, but refused to take his seat and went to Kansas to aid in the pre- vention of slavery in that state. He was elected to the Kansas state constitutional assembly and afterward to the islature, of which he was speaker. He moved to Washi mon the inauguration of Lincoln, where he lived until afew years ago, when he removed to Berkeley Springs, where he died. Can’t Keep Outof the Work House. Percy Brown was at the Police Court last week to see about the case of his sister,who was sentenced for vagrancy. Percy learned that Branch P. Wright, a son of one of his (Brown's) friends,was in the work house and paid the fine, 3.60, and got Branch out. Branch remained sober for at least three hours and was again ar- “ rested by Sergeant Byrnes. He so hard that the eant only charged fava “plain drunk” and released him in the morning. Keeping sober was too much for Branch and egeanieey, od was again arrested, This morn- ing Judge Miller heard the evidence in the case Branch to the work house, where J. W. Easb¥ bas bought, for $8,400, of Chas, W. King and Geo. E. Emmons subs 170, 171, 172, square 387, each 16x65, on E street be- tween 9th and 10th streets southwest, Charlotte J. Pile has bought, for $8,280, of James D. Cameron subs 50 to 60 and w. 3¢ 49, uare 855, 230 by 90 feet, on L street between 6th and streets northeast. of R. P. Jackson et ‘$6,700, the east half of lot C. H. Stanley bas bought for Criminal Court today on the charge of an as- sault and battery with intent to kill James Whalen on July 4 last on Shepherd road in the e United | Reports will be made as | impson of Philadelphia, and on | WAS IT BELLE BROWN’S BODY? A Man who Thinks he Saw » Corpse in the Arlington Marsh. FOLLOWING UP THE CLUE—THR OTHER STORIES APLOAT—THE UNHAPPY PARENTS STILL PRAR ‘SUICIDE—TEN PAINFUL DAYS OF AXXIETT ax Doust. The whereabouts of Bolle Brown, the mise ing school girl, was still a mystery this morn- ing. More than ten days has now elapsed If her grief-stricken Parents could only ascer- tain whether she is dead or alive it would af- ford them some relief from the terrible agony they endure, In the absence of any such in- formation the parents naturally believe that their daughter's dead body is in the Potomac. Notwithstanding the fears of the unhappy Parents, it is the general opinion that the girl bas not committed suicide. WHaT MR. BROWN REGARDS AS AX IMPORTANT clus. What Mr. Brown regards as the most import- ant clge yet obtained he received Saturday evening. It was to the effect that a colored man a about eighteen years old walking to and fro on the old tow path near Little river, just across the free . Who the colored man was couid not be learned, but Mr. Brown thought it was a promising clue to follow as the information confirmed his belief, he having all along placed considerable con- fidence in the statement of John Hughes that he saw her bridge, and also thatof Wm. Tomson, that he saw « irl answering her descriphon walking on the irginia shore. x DID THEY SEE NER DEAD BODY. This nis Morning the latest story bearing on the Suicide theory was afoat and Mr. Brown is More than ever convinced that bis daughter carried out what she expressed in her letter. It appears that four gentlemen went out for @ walk yesterday. They crossed the Long bridge and cut across the fields in the direction jof Arlington. When passing near the marsh one of them said he saw what looked like the body of a opr | His friend, however, talked him outof idea and they did not stay to make a further inves- tigation. The fact so preyed upon the mind of the one who claimed to have seen the body that this morning he went tothe office of Mo- Devitt and Fhnders, where he gave Mr. Brown , the information, This afternoon Mr. Brown | Went with the private detectives across the | Fiver to make a thorough search of the marshes, | In the meantime the force on the police bost bas faithfully kept up the search on the river. in the direction of THE BODY NOT FOUND. Detective McDevitt and Mr. Brown this after- noon followed the river shore from the Long ergs to Georgetown, but did not find the ody. ° Mr, Brown today received information that What looked like a newly made ereve was found on a farm near Rock creek. He said that he intended to have the grave opened in order to satisfy himself — daughter's body is buried there of bo! —_—~-__ The Butler-Strong Case. Judge Cox today postponed decision on the motion made in the case of Butler agt. Strong to require defendant to produce certain Papers, 88 4 similar question is in a case now pendl in the Court in General Term. —— _ The Tennis Players. The tennis matches between Baltimore and Washington players that were to begin today on the Bachelors’ club grounds were postponed and will not take place till Wednesday or Thursday, = ibe Slocum tennis club will bold its fall tournament ius week, commencing tomarrow afternoun, Play begins at 3 p.m. on the courts of the club, near 16th and T streets. The draw: ogs for the preliminary round in singles are as follows: McNew vs. Couner, Stark- weather vs. Shelton, Wahly va. Appel, Hinman, Hitter vs, Lane, 25 as en Fined for Breaking the Door Open. In the case of Edward Deviin, i., in the Po- lice Court today Judge Miller decided that | the defendant was guilty of destroying private Property in bursting ina door of Mrs. Essel- mau's house on claim of being a tenant ‘The court imposed a fine of $10 and suxpended tence on condition roperty be re- that the t stored, The defendant took aed > Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been ixsned by the j clerk of the court to Koppell Rosenburg and Bessie Levy; F. H, Schulze and Lena Borchas; W. Ashly Brawner and Eitie Mary Boll; Wm. B. Todd and Ella Donn; Zenas D. B. Hallett of New, RL, and Frances = Sefton; R. 8. Cassidy and Minnie H. Hoban Philadelphia; H. B. Howard of Albany, N. ¥., and Katherine Amthorn; Samuel Brown and Alberta | Jack Davis and June Johnson, both Prince William county, Va.; George O. Donohue and Minnie D. Lee of Waterfall, Va.; Thomas Clark and Fannie Thomas; Chas, H. Liesmaa and Mamie A. Casper, ~ —— Range of the Thermometer Today. The following were the readings at the sig- nal office today: 8 a.m., 50; 2 p-ma., 56; maxi- mum, 60; minimum. ARRIB! MOFFAT-BARBARIN. In St. Ji church, Georgetown, D. a Fburaday, October 17 tae by the Kev. J 5 eater, aasisted by G. MOFFAT to alia, KED arin. fading, sir. 3 of Dr. F's. Bar — sor DIED CROSSFIELD. Ox October 20, 188! potas ii. wite of J. ‘Crotabiad sad ena ot J.C. bi Funeral trom 115 K street northeast on Tuesday Friends and relstives ane 22d metaut at 3.90 p.m, Feapectfully invited. DENT. October Dent, aged thirte 1 % irteen mnths at Funeral Thureday, Gctober, 2 residence of has parents, Street southwest, KLEINDIENST. On Monday mo 1858, at Chariton Heiette ™M Wad TON, 4 sou of J. Eand ¥. M. Kleimdienst, aged tou day Monday evening at 3 o'clock. . McDERMOTT. On Monday, October 21, 1889, of Patric fc Jentand four dape. — tT “uueral will take place from the above Wedueeday, October =i, at 3 pin. Relatives mah friends are invited to attend. [Netw ¥é ——" vie are w York papers please 2 SOMERVILLE. On Saturday, Octobe: the resiacuce of is daugLter. Nimm, Marthe’ Mestad B12 G street gouthwent in hopes of w age! Smee second year of his aa. ely a “Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes. Shine through the gloom, aud it Seen In life and death, O Lord, abide with me.” Funeral th are respectfully invited to attend. Bi MN October tkMAN Stieber ta or se teen SAE tap . October 22, at 3’ o'clock - iat ‘thewa) Pusxo Laws, Black Iron, Brass and Old Siver, PARLOBLAMPS, Do, Do Do BANQUET LAMPS, Do., De. De. A fine line of above in the newest styles at pope-